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I start off this episode sharing a bit about why I’m doing this series on festivals in general and the One Love Festival in particular, and why it’s important. Part of this is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of abandoning existing systems and technologies prematurely, in an effort to use new social systems and technologi...

Christopher Jackson has been making unique and special events happen for a long time and understands the components. We talk about what he’s done, why he changed from being a promoter and producer of hip Hollywood parties attended by the likes of Hugh Hefner and his entourage, and others, to producing a different kind of expe...

“I Am” is a technology stack that is evolving to incorporate high tech, to aide a process of personal and social improvement and connection.Our guest, Lucien Vattel, has years of experience in developing technologies to assist in learning and general education. His company (We Are) is partnering with the One Love Festival (se...

Modern technology has enabled us to do so many things that were never possible in history. People move more, farther and faster than ever in history. The internet has allowed us to communicate and form relationships with others from almost anywhere.But the impulse for in-person connection with others, the forming of personal...

It was an absolute pleasure to have a long talk with Adam B. Levine about the concept of Value, its core meaning, how we exchange with each other with Value in mind, and how new tools of cryptocurrencies and cryptographic tokens give us options that have never existed before–and, of course, some speculation on the possibiliti...

I had some great talks with folks at the Texas Bitcoin Conference in late October.This episode:Paul Puey, CEO of Airbitz and the new Edge wallet, on taking the core concepts and success of Airbitz and taking it to a new level of reach and implementation, rebranding as Edge, and making it much more than just a wallet, but a re...

At the recent Texas Bitcoin Conference I had a chance to have a long talk with Eric Anderson (hacker-named “Eijah”) about his new project, Promether.We cover his history, including a good delve into Demonsaw (a very effective, proven means of anonymous, secure and private communication and file sharing) which has been in use ...